Fractions & Decimals

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Parts of a whole, equivalence, decimals and percentages.

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💡 Quick answers

Quick Answers: Fractions & Decimals

What are fractions and decimals?

A fraction names equal parts of a whole: ¾ means 3 of 4 equal parts. Decimals write the same idea in tenths and hundredths, so ¾ = 0.75, and a percentage is the number of hundredths, so 0.75 = 75%.

  • Name and compare fractions of a whole
  • Read, compare and order decimals
  • Find percentages of amounts and use percentage change
  • Simplify a ratio and share an amount in a given ratio

What mistake should learners watch for in fractions & decimals?

One error to watch for: thinking a larger denominator means a larger fraction. For example, choosing ⅛ as bigger than ¼ because 8 is bigger than 4.

  • Thinking a decimal with more digits is larger — Choosing 0.25 as bigger than 0.5.
🎯 What you'll learn

What You'll Learn

Fractions and decimals are two notations for the same idea: quantities between the whole numbers. A fraction names a number of equal parts; a decimal extends place value to the right of the point. Percentages are a third notation for the same thing, fixed to hundredths.

This is where many children first feel that maths has stopped making sense, and there is a specific reason. Almost everything they know about number stops being reliable: multiplying can make things smaller, 1/3 is bigger than 1/4 despite 4 being bigger than 3, and 0.5 is the same size as 0.50. The rules are not wrong — they were only ever rules about whole numbers.

  • Recognise a fraction as equal parts of a whole

  • Compare and order fractions, including unit fractions

  • Find equivalent fractions and simplify them

  • Place fractions and decimals on a number line

  • Add and subtract fractions, first with like then unlike denominators

  • Read and write decimals using place value to hundredths and beyond

  • Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages

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Practise Fractions & Decimals Through Games

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Fractions & Decimals by Grade

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🧭 How to use this practice

How to Use Fractions & Decimals Practice

Keep a visual model in play far longer than feels necessary — a bar, a number line or a circle. Children who move to rules too early can often follow a procedure they cannot picture, which holds up until the questions get less predictable.

Two misconceptions are worth watching for specifically: that a bigger denominator means a bigger fraction, and that 0.5 is smaller than 0.45 because it has fewer digits. Both are sensible whole-number thinking applied where it does not hold, so the fix is a picture rather than a correction.

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❓ FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Because much of what they learned about whole numbers stops holding: multiplying can make a number smaller, and a bigger bottom number means smaller pieces. It is a genuine conceptual shift rather than a sign of falling behind.

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